Gateway And Adjoining Walls At Garden Entrance To Oaks Park

The gateway and adjoining walls at the garden entrance to Oaks Park were built in the early 18th century and early 19th century. The main gateway features a pair of corniced ashlar gate piers that are topped with carved urns. It includes elaborate, high-quality wrought-iron gates with an overthrow. The concave screen walls have ramped slab coping and a corniced square pier to the right. The adjoining wall is made of coursed squared stone, approximately 1.3 meters high, and has a wrought-iron pedestrian gate to the left of the main gateway. This wall curves to the left and then extends in a straight section about 100 meters long. Partway along this section, there is a short wall at right angles, which has a pair of rusticated ashlar gate piers with ball finials, leading to the stable yard. At the far end, a short section approximately 2.5 meters high connects to the rear of Oaks Park and contains a gateway.